[Discuss] ZFS for an Encrypted External Disk: My Experience and Notes

[markw at mohawksoft.com]

Something to test, perhaps?
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/08/12/how-to-fix-unreliable-usb-hard-drives-stalled-transfers-linux-windows/

> On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:10:36 -0400
> markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>
>> > I have been running backups to ZFS on USB storage for years. Some
>> > zfs send/receive with data copies=2, some rsync with mirrored USB
>> > drives. Never experienced any problems of this sort.
>>
>> USB-3 or USB-2?
>
> USB 3. USB 2 was too slow for my needs; I was using eSATA back then.
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